If you haven't already listened to my very first musical horror story, Thinking About Polar Bears is here. Reviews are in, and it has been described as "eh," "okay," and "I could hardly STAND [it]" (though I think that last one was meant as a compliment). I might put a PDF of it up soon. We'll see.

Putting Weird Things in Coffee is still going strong, having recently received a few thousand visitors from Reddit and StumbleUpon. It's all about cheese right now, with the current post and one that's coming up soon ("coming up" in more ways than one, btw).

My Tumblr Scrapbook just broke into the top 1000 tumblogs in Canada, so it must be okay. If you like Phronk.com, you might like the crap I post there too.

I know this is all masturbatory tooting of my own horn, but it's my blog and I'll masturbate if I want to. It's also my party, and I'll cry if I want to. Or cry while masturbating. If I want to.

I liked your guest post. Kinda agree with a commenter on there that says it's escapism, for me it's that for sure. No matter how crappy your life, it's better than that guy being zombified.

I find I can't watch horror when I'm down in the dumps, too depressing and stressful. I enjoy a good horror when I'm in jolly good spirits ready to have fun by scaring myself.

It's also likely a remnant of the flight and fight syndrome that we've mostly lost in modern life and like to rekindle in a safe way. We also parachute jump and cliff dive, likely for the same reasons. A self-induced endorphin/adrenalin rush from a brush with danger is pretty attractive.

About Phronk

My name is Mike. Some people call me Phronk. I'm a person, and I live in London, Ontario, Canada. I write a lot, hence the blog, but also do a lot of other stuff, including: eating, reading, watching stuff on screens, sleeping, using web sites, and walking. I have a PhD in psychology, which is why I'm so smart and you have to call me "doctor." I research and analyze technology for a living. Now you know everything about me.